Multiculturalism and the Royal Mail.

[Spartacus]

The Extraordinary Case Of The Pagan And The Multicultural Prayer Room


An extraordinary — one might almost say unbelievable — industrial tribunal case in Manchester in March gave a rare insight into how attempts to accommodate “multicultural” religious needs at work actually appear only to apply to Muslims. It developed around a spat between Muslim employees at the Royal Mail and a member of the Odinist Fellowship (a group that apparently worships the old Nordic gods).

The case — Royal Mail group PLC versus Donald Holden — was described in a document posted on the TUC website by Robin Jackson, the information officer of the Odinist Fellowship, who attended both days of the hearing. Mr Jackson reported:

“Many of you will be surprised, as I was, to learn that, increasingly, employers with a large proportion of Muslim staff are being obliged to set aside rooms in the workplace for Muslim prayers, and to allow their employees to take time away from their duties to engage in these prayers. At the Mail Centre where Donald worked, there was just such a room, which was designated as a ‘Multicultural Room’. That is important, because never, at any time, did the Royal Mail claim that the Room was solely for Muslim use, or that non-Muslims might not use it for their own purposes.”


Rest of the article here http://www.secularism.org.uk/theextraor ... ganan.html

[johnston65]

Once again the proof that RM managers who constantly preach about diversity don't know how to deal with it on their own doorstep.

[norbet colon]

Once again the proof that RM managers who constantly preach about diversity don't know how to deal with it on their own doorstep.

Only interested in impressing nice but gullible middle class people with hype & spin to get "awards".
Re Jermaine Lee , it was thier idiotic jobbing foreman/floor supervisors acting like guards in a American penitenary that brought things to a head, it was the only time they sacked thier managers because it was embrassing.
These people are only interested in covering thier arses against litigation. Nasty bullying corporate shafting for that guy for being different & not toeing the line.